Ga. Code § 24-10-1004

Current through 2023-2024 Legislative Session Chapter 374
Section 24-10-1004 - Admissibility of other evidence of contents of a writing, recording, or photograph

The original shall not be required and other evidence of the contents of a writing, recording, or photograph shall be admissible if:

(1) All originals are lost or have been destroyed, unless the proponent lost or destroyed them in bad faith;
(2) No original can be obtained by any available judicial process or procedure;
(3) At a time when an original was under the control of the party against whom offered, that party was put on notice, by the pleadings or otherwise, that the contents would be a subject of proof at the hearing, and that party does not produce the original at the hearing; or
(4) The writing, recording, or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue.

OCGA § 24-10-1004

Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.